CFP: Norman Mailer Conference 2007 (4/15/07; 10/11/07-10/13/07)

The Program Committee seeks proposals for panel presentations during theFifth Annual Conference of the Norman Mailer Society, to be held inProvincetown, MA.

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The theme of this year's conference is "Mailer the Novelist," but paperson other topics related to Mailer and his work are also welcome. Therewill be at least one panel open to various topics and inquiries areencouraged. There will be at least five roundtable panels, each devotedto a single novel: The Naked and the Dead (1948), An American Dream(1965), Ancient Evenings (1983), Harlot's Ghost (1991), and The Castlein the Forest (2007).

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If you are interested in submitting a roundtable panel (four speakers)on a Mailer novel other than those listed above, please contact theProgram Committee Chair.

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Guidelines for submission: Send a 50-75 word biographical statement anda 250-300 word abstract of the proposed presentation as MS Wordattachments by April 15 to the Program Committee Chair:

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Phillip Sipiora

psipiora_at_gmail.com

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The biographical statement and the abstract should be suitable for theprinted program. Accepted papers for Panel Presentation, when delivered,must be no longer than 18-20 minutes. Accepted papers for RoundtablePresentation, when delivered, must be no longer than 10-12 minutes. Allpapers, like abstracts, should be developed clearly and efficiently. Thetitles of all papers will be printed in the Conference Program. =20

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Kicking off the conference this year will be a panel entitled "NormanMailer and the Contemporary Novel." This panel will be an effort toarticulate Norman Mailer's role in the shaping of the contemporarynovel.=20